Igbo Funeral Ceremonies By: Valerie Pardon Chapter 13- pages 120-125
This is the traditional Igbo mask kept by the oldest person in the village. It is part of the funeral celebration and is passed down from generation to generation.
- Igbo funerals are extremely complex -Funerals are performed 2 weeks after the person dies -You can’t announce the entry of individuals or groups-penalty #300.00 (Three Hundred Naira) -You can’t trade at funerals-penalty #100.00(One Hundred Naira) -Only one cow may be given to the bereaved family-penalty #500.00(Five Hundred Naira) - All wine and gift carrying possessions are banished-penalty #100.00 (One Hundred Nai -Gifts per person is two cartons of beer, a few yards of cloth, and two crates of soft drinks -If not performed after 2 weeks you get a penalty of #500.00 (Five hundred Naire) -In funerals there is a mask kept by the oldest
This is an Igbo woman with her 2 baby twins. In the Igbo tribe twins are not accepted so they are killed and do not get a funeral ceremony.
person in the village which is part of the funeral celebration -Mirrors in the mask are thought to have powers that deflect evil spirits -The mirrors also represent the powerful spiritual, enforced law, order within the community, and righteous path that the dead will follow to the spirit world
-Women who die in labor, people who commit suicide, and children who die before they have teeth get a ceremony of being thrown in a bush -Igbo kill people that might be considered shameful to their tribe - Twins are put to death - Babies born feet first, boys with only one testicle, and lepers are all killed and their bodies are thrown away in secrecy
By: Valerie Pardon
Chapter 13- pages 120-125
- Igbo funerals are extremely complex
-Funerals are performed 2 weeks after the person dies
-You can’t announce the entry of individuals or groups-penalty #300.00 (Three Hundred Naira)
-You can’t trade at funerals-penalty #100.00(One Hundred Naira)
-Only one cow may be given to the bereaved family-penalty #500.00(Five Hundred Naira)
- All wine and gift carrying possessions are banished-penalty #100.00 (One Hundred Nai
-Gifts per person is two cartons of beer, a few yards of cloth, and two crates of soft drinks
-If not performed after 2 weeks you get a penalty of #500.00 (Five hundred Naire)
-In funerals there is a mask kept by the oldest
-Mirrors in the mask are thought to have powers that deflect evil spirits
-The mirrors also represent the powerful spiritual, enforced law, order within the community, and righteous path that the dead will follow to the spirit world
-Women who die in labor, people who commit suicide, and children who die before they have teeth get a ceremony of being thrown in a bush
-Igbo kill people that might be considered shameful to their tribe
- Twins are put to death
- Babies born feet first, boys with only one testicle, and lepers are all killed and their bodies are thrown away in secrecy
Work Citied:
1. Davis, Amanda. "An Igbo Masquerade." Web. 30 Oct. 2009. http://www.clarku.edu/~jborgatt/discover/1amdavis/amdavis.htm.
2. "Igbo Funeral Ceremony Of Oraifite." Oraifite. SamSCO Networks, 2001. Web. 30 Oct. 2009. http://www.oraifite.com/culture-and-traditions/funeral-ceremony.php.
3. Slattery, Katharine. "Religion and the Igbo People." 15 Aug. 2001. Web. 30 Oct. 2009. http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofEnglish/imperial/nigeria/religion.htm
4. http://www.clarku.edu/~jborgatt/discover/1amdavis/DSC00175a.JPG
5. http://www.randafricanart.com/images/Yoruba_woman_holding_twins.jpg
External link:
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Igbo_Peopl
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